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No payments or funding have been provided from the Scottish Government to the Poverty Trust since 2019.

To support work with refugees, people seeking asylum and local communities, the Scottish Government provides funding to organisations such as the Scottish Refugee Council to ensure that all people seeking refugee protection in Scotland are welcome, where women, children and men are protected, find safety and support, have their human rights and dignity respected and are able to achieve their full potential.

The following table contains a list of funding and objectives provided to the SRC since 2019.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-15120 on 20 March 2023. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers

There is no record of funding being provided by the Scottish Government to “Nairn Trust” since 2019.

As confirmed to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on 26 January 2024, Edel Harris OBE has been appointed as Chair of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment, following the conclusion of an open competition recruitment campaign in December 2023.

This appointment marks the beginning of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment, which delivers on a 2023-2024 Programme for Government commitment.

In line with the Scottish Government guidelines to disclose the names, job titles and salary details of senior management within Non-Departmental Public Bodies, the requested information is published online and can be found here:

Statutory-Director-Salaries.pdf (sleeper.scot)

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-20573 on 5 September 2023. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers

I refer the member to the nswer to questions S6W-23003 on‎ 4 December 2023 and S6W-12484 on 8 December 2022. Please note that in S6W-23003 we advised the next statistical publication would be early 2024, however, we now anticipate this will be published in April 2024. We will announce the publication in the official statistics forthcoming publications calendar at least 28 days prior to publication: https://www.gov.scot/publications/official-statistics-forthcoming-publications/

All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-16291 on‎ 12 April 2023. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers

For the financial year 2023-24, so far there have been 818 first time buyers who have purchased through the Open Market Shared Equity (OMSE) scheme.

I have asked Janet Egdell, Chief Executive of the National Records of Scotland (NRS) to respond. Her response is:

National Records of Scotland (NRS) publish migration flows as part of their mid-year population estimates. Estimates for in, out and net migration between Scotland and the rest of the UK (RUK), as well as net migration as a percentage of the population, can be seen in the following table.

In, out and net migration between Scotland and the rest of the UK (RUK), mid-2000 to mid-2021